CALIF. GAY MARRIAGE BANNED

CALIF. BANNED GAY MARRIAGE.
LAST YEAR THE STATE SUPREME
COURT RULED IT UNCONSTITUTIONL
TO DENY GAY COUPLES THE RIGHT
TO WED. SO FROM JUNE-NOV.2008
GAY COUPLES FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY CAME HERE TO BE WED.
THEN IN THE NOV. 2008 BALLOT
VOTERS WON THE BAN (PROP. 8)
BY IMPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE STATE CONSTITUTION,THAT
DEFINES MARRIAGE AS A UNION
BETWEEN A MAN & A WOMAN. SINCE
THEN THE GAY ACTIVISTS ARGUMENTS
HAVE BEEN THAT CONSTITUTIONS
EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE SHOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN AMENDED. BUT AGAIN
THE BAN WAS UPHELD. THE BATTLE
CONTINUES AS GAY ACTIVISTS TRY
AGAIN FOR A REFERENDUM TO THE BAN.
THE STATES THAT ALLOW SAME SEX
MARRIAGE ARE MASSACHUSETTS,IOWA,
CONNETICUT. VERMONT & MAINE
PASSED LEGISLATION TO RECOGNIZE
IT LATER THIS YEAR.